Post #770135 by danlovestikis on Wed, Nov 9, 2016 8:58 PM

hang10tiki I hope to make them special so Bling it will be.

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More casting for Wish List #7.

I've just been casting some of everything. This head will be altered for a wish or just for fun.

When I cast I keep in mind how much room I will need to spread them out for drying. I judged this to the inch. I have two fans blowing on the pieces.

Some molds must be topped off with slip every 10 to 15 minuets so that the cast is uniformly thick. I decided to see how it would work out if I added a funnel to the top of each mold. I sealed them in place with sticky clay.

I filled up the molds and the funnels. When I returned in 2 hours the funnels were almost empty.

But almost meant I made a mess removing them. Now as I look at the photos I realize all I needed to do was pour some out before I took them off. I had to clean up all these molds.

Dan is still my wonderful helper. We empty the tiny molds together. The big ones he can do alone.

He also does all the clean up except for the molds.

The Hot Tub Hula Girl and the Frankoma tiki are really small.

Even though the girl is small she is a 5 piece mold.

I cast a couple of HUGE bowls in case some of the wishes are for bowls like the one I just did with Moai.

Cheers, Wendy